Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's executive director, Tom Bates, is resigning after five years in the high-stress position.

Tom Bates has been selected to serve as the acting Medicine Wheel District Ranger on the Bighorn National Forest.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board (PPB) will soon be under new leadership. Executive Director Tom Bates has submitted his resignation, effective November 30, 2025. His decision ends a five-year ...

Thomas Bates Westerberg passed away on August 8, 2025, at the age of 94. He was born on October 23, 1930, in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Edgar Westerberg and Blanche Bates Westerberg. He grew up in St.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's executive director, Tom Bates, is resigning after five years in the high-stress position. Bates, 56, leaves Nov. 30. In his Sept. 22 resignation letter, he ...